Google to spend $150 mn to create awareness on covid vaccine

NEW DELHI : Search engine giant Google on Monday said it will provide $150 million to educate the masses on the benefits of a covid-19 vaccine, counter misinformation and ensure access to jabs for underserved communities.

While $100 million will be provided in advertisement grants to the CDC Foundation, the World Health Organization, and other non-profit institutions spearheading the global vaccination initiative, $50 million will be allocated for public health agencies offering vaccine-related content and information for the underprivileged.

In a blog post on 25 January, Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and Alphabet, said: “We’re providing more than $150 million to promote vaccine education and equitable distribution and making it easier to find locally relevant information, including when and where to get the vaccine. We’ll also be opening up Google spaces to serve as vaccination sites as needed.”